UFC 70
| UFC 70: Nations Collide | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 21, 2007 | |||
| Venue | Manchester Evening News Arena | |||
| City |  Manchester, England |
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| Attendance | 15,114 (12,708 paid) [1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,628,472 (£1.3 million GBP)[1] | |||
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UFC 70: Nations Collide was the second UFC event held in the United Kingdom, and the first in Manchester on Saturday, April 21, 2007. The first UFC event in the UK was UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall on July 13, 2002. UFC 70 was also only the seventh UFC event held outside the United States, and the first since UFC 38. The card was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Setanta Sports.[2]
The televised card on Spike TV drew a 1.84 overall rating (2.8 million viewers), and at its highest point, UFC 70 drew 3.5 million viewers for the main event.[3]
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[edit] Background
PRIDE FC Open-Weight Grand Prix champion, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, fought heavyweight contender Gabriel Gonzaga in the main event to determine the top contender for the UFC Heavyweight Championship held by Randy Couture.[4]
The card also featured Michael Bisping fighting in England for the UFC for the first time against UFC veteran Elvis Sinosic and Andrei Arlovski taking on prize fighter and training partner of Mirko Filipović, Fabricio Werdum who was making his UFC debut.
Reports have indicated that the UFC was targeting this event for its debut on HBO, but negotiations with HBO were not completed in time for UFC 70. As a result, the card instead aired on Spike TV in North America at 9 pm EDT on a 6-hour tape delay.[5]
Lyoto Machida was originally scheduled to fight Forrest Griffin at this event, but Griffin became ill with a staph infection and could not compete on the card.[6]
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Welterweight bout:
Paul Taylor vs. 
Edilberto de Oliveira
- Taylor defeated de Oliveira via TKO (strikes) at :37 of round 3.
- Welterweight bout:
Jess Liaudin vs. 
Dennis Siver
- Liaudin defeated Siver via submission (armbar) at 1:19 of round 1. This preliminary bout was aired on the pay-per-view, but not aired on the Spike TV broadcast.
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Alessio Sakara vs. 
Victor Valimaki
- Sakara defeated Valimaki via TKO (strikes) at 1:44 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Junior Assuncao vs. David Lee
- Assuncao defeated Lee via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:55 of round 2.
- Lightweight bout: Terry Etim vs.
Matt Grice
- Etim defeated Grice via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:45 of round 1. This preliminary bout was aired on the Spike TV broadcast after the Kongo-Silva fight, but was not shown on the pay-per-view broadcast.
[edit] Main card
- Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Assuerio Silva
- Kongo defeated Silva via majority decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–28).
- Light Heavyweight bout: David Heath vs. Lyoto Machida
- Machida defeated Heath via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–26, 30–27). This match was shown on the pay-per-view but was not shown on the Spike TV broadcast.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Michael Bisping vs.
Elvis Sinosic
- Bisping defeated Sinosic via TKO (strikes) at 1:40 of round 2.
- Heavyweight bout:
Andrei Arlovski vs. Fabricio Werdum
- Arlovski defeated Werdum via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Heavyweight bout:
Mirko Filipović vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
- Gonzaga defeated Filipović via KO (head kick) at 4:51 of round 1.
[edit] Purses
The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 70 was $843,000. [7]
The individual payouts are listed below. Purse amounts includes the payment amounts for show and win, but do not include sponsor payments, fees, taxes, or special award bonuses [8]
- Gabriel Gonzaga ($60,000) def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic ($350,000)
- Andrei Arlovski ($160,000) def. Fabricio Werdum ($80,000)
- Michael Bisping ($24,000) def. Elvis Sinosic ($8,000)
- Lyoto Machida ($40,000) def. David Heath ($6,000)
- Cheick Kongo ($40,000) def. Assuerio Silva ($8,000)
- Terry Etim ($12,000) def. Matt Grice ($3,000)
- Junior Assuncao ($6,000) def. David Lee ($2,000)
- Alessio Sakara ($20,000) def. Victor Valimaki ($3,000)
- Jess Liaudin ($6,000) def. Dennis Siver ($3,000)
- Paul Taylor ($8,000) def. Edilberto Crocota ($4,000)
[edit] Bonus awards
After every UFC event, bonuses are given to fighters who perform well.
The bonuses for this event were $30,000 each.[7]
- Fight of the Night: Michael Bisping vs. Elvis Sinosic
- Submission of the Night: Terry Etim
- Knockout of the Night: Gabriel Gonzaga
[edit] References
- ^ "UFC draws capacity crowd in Manchester". Virtual Manchester. 2007-04-22. http://www.manchester.com/Sports_News/UFC_draws_capacity_crowd_in_Manchester-18125466.html. Retrieved 2007-04-22.
- ^ Whitehead, Lee (2007-03-08). "LONDON CALLING: UFC & CAGE RAGE LOCK HORNS". MMAWeekly.com. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3558. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
- ^ Alvarez, Bryan (2007-04-24). "UFC 70 rating". F4WOnline.com. http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/3493/105/. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
- ^ Mass Republican (2007-02-15). "Fighter faces Ultimate Challenge". http://www.masslive.com/sports/republican/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/117150360445540.xml&coll=1. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
- ^ Trembow, Ivan (2007-03-13). "UFC 70 WILL AIR ON SPIKE TV WITH TAPE DELAY". MMAWeekly.com. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3591. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
- ^ Gerbasi, Thomas (2007-03-15). "David Heath to Replace Griffin against Machida at UFC 70". UFC.com. http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=4848. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ^ a b "FIGHTER SALARY BREAKDOWN FOR UFC 70". ufcdaily.com. 2008-01-01. http://www.ufcdaily.com/2007/04/28/ufc-70-fighter-payouts/. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
- ^ http://www.ufcdaily.com/2007/04/28/ufc-70-fighter-payouts/
[edit] External links
- Official UFC website
- Official UFC 70 fight card
- Official UFC 70 website
- UFC 70: Minute By Minute Review
